So, a few days ago I accidentally dropped my Xperia J into water. Then, I took it and dry it using towel. I opened the case, battery, SIM, and SDcard. After that I put it into uncooked rice for 1 and half day. Then, I tried to turn on the phone. The phone is turned on but the screen isn't. But it is responsive to touch because I can unlock it (my phone is locked in pattern and I memorize it). I can also touch the home button and the sound button work fine too. So my problem is, I cannot see anything in the screen. It is just like I never turn on the phone. Should I let it into rice for a few days more? Or is there any electric shock in the phone? How can I fix this? Thanks.
No one replied my problem? It's been a week, I'm still waiting for someone to help. But no response :/
Maybe no one knows. My guess is that you damage the digitalizer, so you need to replace it or go to mobile repair shop.
Good Luck!
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Hello,
Today my OPO got waterlogged for around 15 minutes..and I had been to a water park and had put my fine in a airtight plastic pouch..
I think water had entered through USB port. It was not drenched but little splashes in the corners and on screen. Screen was OK..and I switched off for few hours..and when I turned on, screen was black..notification light was functional..phone booted..but couldn't unlock as I had pattern lock on...
Then, I waited for few hours and after I returned home, I find that the hardware buttons could glow now..but screen is completely black...I could unlock by constantly trying to unlock the pattern lock..succeeded once or twice..
Now I have immersed it in a sack of rice to make sure its 100% dry.
I seriously doubt the LCD has gone bust...is there anything I should be doing now ?
Its my 2nd phone which got bust with water...haven't learnt from my past experience?.
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Hello,
Today my OPO got waterlogged for around 15 minutes..and I had been to a water park and had put my fine in a airtight plastic pouch..
I think water had entered through USB port. It was not drenched but little splashes in the corners and on screen. Screen was OK..and I switched off for few hours..and when I turned on, screen was black..notification light was functional..phone booted..but couldn't unlock as I had pattern lock on...
Then, I waited for few hours and after I returned home, I find that the hardware buttons could glow now..but screen is completely black...I could unlock by constantly trying to unlock the pattern lock..succeeded once or twice..
Now I have immersed it in a sack of rice to make sure its 100% dry.
I seriously doubt the LCD has gone bust...is there anything I should be doing now ?
Its my 2nd phone which got bust with water...haven't learnt from my past experience?.
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Not sure what you would expect anyone to tell you but the obvious. Its a waiting game? leave it in the sun, leave it in the rice do whatever you think may work. Some stores sell bags to put your phone in if it get wet. I mean its your second time as you say what did you do the first time
1st time my lumia 920 got dropped in the sync accidentally and the phone was completely drenched.. After few hours of drying display went black and never came back.. Got it repaired for around 11k as warranty got voided since it got waterlogged and service folks verified it with some test and few circuitry got fried..
As normal with waterlog devices its a waiting game to see just how much damage was done
Open it and disconnect the battery, then let all parts sit in the rice for a few days. I'm not sure how insurance claims on OPO's are done.
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You can find a good OPO teardown on iFixIt
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I saw a couple years ago in an specific device forum a tutorial explaining how to fix dead pixels. It isn't your case but the procedure was to remove battery, wrap the phone with plastic. Make sure it's well wrapped, then put it into fridge for 24 hours. Maybe you can try that after you place it on rice for a good time to make sure there isn't any drop of water to avoid it turning into ice.
Thank you folks.. how can i remove battery from OPO.. are there any procedures to do the same?
Thanks i got it from ifixit.. BlackElvis79..
Here is a link to the tear down. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/OnePlus+One+Teardown/26484
Stop trying to use the phone, every time you power it up you are giving the water a chance to be a conduit for electricity and further shorting it out. If you have a backup phone use that for at least the next three days, if not a week, then try it.
Thanks pal.. but i havent touched my OPO in few months now. I am waiting for my cousin to pay a visit from Hongkong from where he bought in a dealer shop.
I have slim hopes of having this repaired in HK.. as the repair cost is almost the price of this piece of ***. teardown is a good idea.. but how will i get a replacement screen ?
btw, i have got myself a Z3 from my office.. finally a waterproof phone (yes with flaps closed ofcourse) .
I gave my Z3 a little bath in tap water in the sink. It was not submerged so this is more like a shower. I double checked and secure the ports. I don't even use the ports anyway because I have magnetic charging. I dried it and started using it. It was all fine until 5 mins later it just randomly turned off. Battery was good, tried using the power button and it wouldn't work. So I did the power button and volume + method and it fixed it. But the touch screen didn't work sometimes (randomly), there was a blinking red light before I booted it on, and there is rattling near the camera area when i shake it. I ran diagnostics and noticed that my screen was also flickering. Some of the tests used vibration as feedback and this made the flickering worse. Now the screen is struggling to stay lit. It turns on for 3 seconds and then it dies. You can only see parts of it too. I need help. This phone is unusable. I bought this phone (Sony Xperia Z3 D6603 black) from Worldwide Distributors on Amazon.com 3 months ago. I only took it into the water a few times. I don't think its water damage because I had the flaps secured unless Sony gave me a defective phone. I paid $700 for this and I'm not rich either. I was saving up. The phone has the standard 2 year warranty. Somebody please help. what should I do? Will Sony fix it or give me a new one?
UPDATE: Screen is dead. It still turns on and touch screen still works but cant see anything. It's like it lost signal . Kinda like how a tv loses signal. The tv still works but are no shows on.
IMPORTANT: I just found a little hole that shows part of the screen backlight. Its on the side but its more like a crack. I haven't drop this or anything. So this is possibly how the water got in. This is also Sony's fault. Will I get a new replacement or refund or repair or something?
Thanks for all your help.
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I gave my Z3 a little bath in tap water in the sink. It was not submerged so this is more like a shower. I double checked and secure the ports. I don't even use the ports anyway because I have magnetic charging. I dried it and started using it. It was all fine until 5 mins later it just randomly turned off. Battery was good, tried using the power button and it wouldn't work. So I did the power button and volume + method and it fixed it. But the touch screen didn't work sometimes (randomly), there was a blinking red light before I booted it on, and there is rattling near the camera area when i shake it. I ran diagnostics and noticed that my screen was also flickering. Some of the tests used vibration as feedback and this made the flickering worse. Now the screen is struggling to stay lit. It turns on for 3 seconds and then it dies. You can only see parts of it too. I need help. This phone is unusable. I bought this phone (Sony Xperia Z3 D6603 black) from Worldwide Distributors on Amazon.com 3 months ago. I only took it into the water a few times. I don't think its water damage because I had the flaps secured unless Sony gave me a defective phone. I paid $700 for this and I'm not rich either. I was saving up. The phone has the standard 2 year warranty. Somebody please help. what should I do? Will Sony fix it or give me a new one?
UPDATE: Screen is dead. It still turns on and touch screen still works but cant see anything. It's like it lost signal . Kinda like how a tv loses signal. The tv still works but are no shows on.
IMPORTANT: I just found a little hole that shows part of the screen backlight. Its on the side but its more like a crack. I haven't drop this or anything. So this is possibly how the water got in. This is also Sony's fault. Will I get a new replacement or refund or repair or something?
Thanks for all your help.
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Happened to me too! The screen is black but is showing the brightness and the touch works. It's totally weird!. i'm going to send the phone to SAT
Seems the lcd backlight is still working where the lcd screen is not;
not sure whether the warranty covers water damage or not...
Got around the same problem. happend in the water screen went black phone was still working. After a lot of reboots and resets it started to work for around 3 seconds then evantually the screen was staying, but is flashing now, looks like the flickering happens when the screen gets too much power. In light conditions it either flickers or is real dark.
What can I do to fix this? Or do I just contact Sony? I've also tried the pressure test and it is water resistant so it has to be something different.
If the screen is cracked they will charge you for the replacement for sure
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Hi. I've noticed that my screen flickers when I put the brightness on maximum. Watching the behavior it makes me think that it happens all the time, but it's only noticeable the screen brightness is high. Tried to get it on film, but my camera does not seem to pick up the flickering.
I noticed this after a pool bath with my phone, but i don't know if it is related to that. I did not a chance to use maximum brightness before
I do not have any other issues though, just the flickering. Should i send it to repair? My phone is an 6633 Dual Sim Z3 (Brazilian, unbranded) with less then 3 months of usage.
So, i started to notice this mark months ago. When i'm going to any type of place that has a high altitude, it's starts to disappear.Afterall, phone works perfectly like it does. Would anyone help? Thanks.
Out of the 4 of these I've seen, 2 have that mark. I reckon its a manufacturing issue with the screens personally
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and so, what's the solution to this?
RatchetHacked said:
and so, what's the solution to this?
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Replace the screen by yourself or send it to sony. I had such similar problems on a Shield tablet and only way was returning to Nvidia...
whit unlocked bootloader i cannot send it to sony
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whit unlocked bootloader i cannot send it to sony
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You can relock it (if you have a backup of your TA-keys.. )
Also, I know some people having trouble with xperia u (hardware fault) that sent it to sony with unlocked BL and they accepted it..
Wet spots
Not much of a problem, experienced that on my m2. It's a moist. There's a really thin air between the phone screen, and when it gets moisture. There you go. If you're in a high altitude place it cools the phone, removing the wet spot on the screen. When it gets warmer you'll get the spots again. You can try this method, applicable to all devices that is experiencing this problem.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qXbO_cIX9g0
if you dont have a stick it, You can try the rice method, putting your phone in for a few days that will do it.
Hope this helps, cheers.
I'm not sure if they'll accept it
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So, i started to notice this mark months ago. When i'm going to any type of place that has a high altitude, it's starts to disappear.Afterall, phone works perfectly like it does. Would anyone help? Thanks.
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I have the very same thing, but works a little different. On my M2 it's nothing connected to the moisture in the air ,its just when the screen is squished with high pressure for some time (let's say jeans) then I take it out and let it alone for 2min and the water mark will be gone. I think its just the way they made the m2 screen, if you don't want this to happen then probably you need to change the screen yourself (carefully though ) and then probably this problem will be gone..
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I have this wet spot on mine too, but only if the phone is in leather Case for couple hours.
After i take off the case, the spot disappearing only in 30-60second.
And i thought only I've had this problem. I got this problem by accidentally sleeping on my device. Yes, it gets short in certain cases but gets bigger eventually. I have locked bootloader and they didn't check. They just replaced my device.
Hi friends, today I was on the pool and I decided to make some videos underwater after that I cleaned the phone with clear water and after 10 minutes the screen doesnt react to my touches... The phone its in rice right now with the flaps are opened... Any suggestions to save it? ?
Sorry for my bad English
Mr.Jay said:
Hi friends, today I was on the pool and I decided to make some videos underwater after that I cleaned the phone with clear water and after 10 minutes the screen doesnt react to my touches... The phone its in rice right now with the flaps are opened... Any suggestions to save it? ?
Sorry for my bad English
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Send it to Sony right away. They'll sort you out with a replacement/repair.
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Send it to Sony right away. They'll sort you out with a replacement/repair.
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I turned it on and the screen it's working, but SIM Card not and when I lock the phone after a few minutes the phone turns off by itself...
Right now I'm on Linux ROM on locked bootloader, should I install stock ROM before send it to the Sony repair service?
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I turned it on and the screen it's working, but SIM Card not and when I lock the phone after a few minutes the phone turns off by itself...
Right now I'm on Linux ROM on locked bootloader, should I install stock ROM before send it to the Sony repair service?
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Restore the phone to stock and send it to Sony, it may be a gamble if you have unlocked the bootloader before however. Make sure it doesn't die while restoring!
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It doesnt really matter if it die or not its water damaged anyway.. They should replace or repair it
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Mr.Jay said:
I turned it on and the screen it's working, but SIM Card not and when I lock the phone after a few minutes the phone turns off by itself...
Right now I'm on Linux ROM on locked bootloader, should I install stock ROM before send it to the Sony repair service?
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Depending on your repair center there could be charges
if it dies, in opinion, if under warranty, it would be good for you.
Lots of people have a waterdamaged Z3 after contact with water allthough it is advertised as a waterproof Phone ??
A friend of mine took it's Z3 to the pool to take some pictures in the water and killed the lcd after some pictures.
Not so waterproof after all.
In your case your motherboard got damaged, the motherboard probably gets so hot from the shortened components it shuts itself down. Is the back of the Phone really hot just before it powers off ?
Water itself doesn't kill your Phone, it is water in combination with courant.
The biggest fault most people make when there Phone had a contact with water is trying to power it back on to see if it is still working.
The Phone powers itself off to protect the motherboard from damage when it is short circuit by water.
By trying to power it back on immediatly after the waterdamage , you put courant on the shortened circuit and most likely burn out a component.
Best way to threat a Phone after waterdamage is to take it apart as far as possible and put the parts on a hot plate ( or other heat source) at about 55 degrees Celsius for half an hour.
Afterwards clean away the waterresidu with IPA and a toothbrush before re-assembling the Phone.
Grtz...
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So, it's me again.. As the title says, water somehow got in the phone. I can see some humidity on both cameras. I noticed this problem when I tried to make a call and the device couldn't detect the sim card. So, I opened the back only to find water in the SIM slot. The SIM is working fine now as i managed to dry it out but now I have two more problems.. A) For whatever reason the devices overheats by itself way too aggressively and B) the touch screen is really messed up..
Safe mode seems to ease the touchscreen issue a bit but the phone is still useless..
And yes, i have used rice to dry it..
It's fully stock btw except the unlocked bootloader..
If anyone knows what to do I will be really REALLY glad as I dont have a backup device right now..
Thanks in advance.
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So, it's me again.. As the title says, water somehow got in the phone. I can see some humidity on both cameras. I noticed this problem when I tried to make a call and the device couldn't detect the sim card. So, I opened the back only to find water in the SIM slot. The SIM is working fine now as i managed to dry it out but now I have two more problems.. A) For whatever reason the devices overheats by itself way too aggressively and B) the touch screen is really messed up..
Safe mode seems to ease the touchscreen issue a bit but the phone is still useless..
And yes, i have used rice to dry it..
It's fully stock btw except the unlocked bootloader..
If anyone knows what to do I will be really REALLY glad as I dont have a backup device right now..
Thanks in advance.
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Is the water visible under the LCD? If not then you might be able to save it. If water got into the LCD backlight, like my previous phone, the damage would be irreversible.
Your best bet would be to take it to a technician and disassemble the phone. Maybe try to get warranty claim if still applicable. Overheating means the motherboard is shorted and the battery needs to be disconnected as soon as possible. Also, disassembly is recommended to clean up any water residue to prevent further corrosion.
Now, may I ask, how did the water got in there? Did the gasket fail or you've made some mistake like not putting on the back cover securely?
The problem was the plastic covering the sim and sd slots. As soon as pulled out the cover that plastic fell down on the floor like it was never glued whereas the other plastic for the second sim was just fine. I will get a technician to fix it in the next few days but until then its staying in rice 24/7. BTW the touch screen does have some problems and it keeps on pressing stuff by it self, although i can fix it for a few seconds by placing my hand all over the screen when active and then closing the screen. When I open it back up the problems are gone for about 10 seconds. Also the is a wierd mark on the bottom of the screen that seems like water but it doesnt affect visibility that much.
Quick update: So, water seems to be in there after all those days as the screen gets worse every day that passes. The wierd thing is that I downgraded to lollipop because I thought that the 5.0 display drivers might be better for such a screen and.. Well the screen doesnt respond at all to touches.. Tech support will see the phone today or tomorrow but I dont think its worth to repair. :/
Best way to "dry" the pone is to turn it off, remove the battery if possible, and leave the phone in a bowl with RICE (yes rice) in it, fully covering.
Rice will suck up all the humidity close.